BRIEF High bond set

Published: Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 9:43 a.m.

Last Modified: Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 9:41 a.m.

GUNTERSVILLE

Marshall County Drug Enforcement Unit agents and Guntersville police arrested a man after a short car chase Wednesday.

Oatis Lee Bradley, 36, of Mountain View Apartments in Guntersville, is charged with distribution of a controlled substance, crack cocaine, according to a press release from DEU Director Ricky Phillips.

Officers went to Bradley’s apartment to serve a search warrant, and they saw him leave as they were arriving. They followed him down U.S. 431 to Alabama 79. “When he noticed agents behind him, he turn on Highway 79 South attempting to elude the agents,” according to the press release.

Officers stopped him on Alabama 79 at the Jason Road intersection without incident.

Bradley was booked into Marshall County Correctional Facility on a $500,000 bond. His bond was set so high because at the time of his arrest, he was already out on bond for a previous drug arrest and had other arrests in his history, Phillips said.

<p>GUNTERSVILLE</p><p>Marshall County Drug Enforcement Unit agents and Guntersville police arrested a man after a short car chase Wednesday.</p><p>Oatis Lee Bradley, 36, of Mountain View Apartments in Guntersville, is charged with distribution of a controlled substance, crack cocaine, according to a press release from DEU Director Ricky Phillips.</p><p>Officers went to Bradley’s apartment to serve a search warrant, and they saw him leave as they were arriving. They followed him down U.S. 431 to Alabama 79. When he noticed agents behind him, he turn on Highway 79 South attempting to elude the agents, according to the press release.</p><p>Officers stopped him on Alabama 79 at the Jason Road intersection without incident.</p><p>Bradley was booked into Marshall County Correctional Facility on a $500,000 bond. His bond was set so high because at the time of his arrest, he was already out on bond for a previous drug arrest and had other arrests in his history, Phillips said.</p>